Peavy Turned Down Opening Day Start

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Mark Buehrle will start for the White Sox on Opening Day for a record eighth time because Jake Peavy turned down the job.

"I had talked to Jake at SoxFest about him being the Opening Day guy," pitching coach Don Cooper said Monday. "He called me up two or three days after SoxFest and said, 'Dude, I don't want to start. I don't want it. This is Buehrle's team.' "

Peavy knew Buehrle needs one Opening Day start to set the franchise record of eight.

"Certainly we all knew that Buehrle had a chance to have the record, but my thought was we would be running out our best guy on Day 1 and we would then be able to give Buehrle a few days extra," Cooper said. "But the point is Jake's unselfishness was a very, very refreshing thing to see."

Via ESPN

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